The UK has been accused of “helping Russia pay for its war on Ukraine” by continuing to import record amounts of refined oil from countries…
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Invasion of Ukraine ‘has fuelled funding boom for clean energy’
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has helped ignite a boom in clean energy investment which will significantly outpace spending on fossil fuels, according to the International…
View More Invasion of Ukraine ‘has fuelled funding boom for clean energy’How has the Russia-Ukraine war disrupted science? – podcast
Clip: BBC News In the Arctic, in space, and at international research centres such as CERN, scientists have collaborated with colleagues from around the world…
View More How has the Russia-Ukraine war disrupted science? – podcastCalls for bigger windfall tax after Shell makes ‘obscene’ $40bn profit
The government is under pressure to rethink its windfall tax on energy companies after Shell reported one of the largest profits in UK corporate history,…
View More Calls for bigger windfall tax after Shell makes ‘obscene’ $40bn profitSplitting the atomic scientists: how the Ukraine war ruined physics
In normal times, the four large physics experiments using proton collisions at Cern’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Switzerland publish numerous scientific articles a year.…
View More Splitting the atomic scientists: how the Ukraine war ruined physicsAverage price for UK litre of petrol below 150p for first time since war in Ukraine
The average UK price for a litre of petrol has fallen below 150p for the first time since the outbreak of war in Ukraine. The…
View More Average price for UK litre of petrol below 150p for first time since war in UkraineEuropean gas prices fall to pre-Ukraine war level
European gas prices have dipped to a level last seen before Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in February, after warmer weather across the continent…
View More European gas prices fall to pre-Ukraine war levelToxins in soil, blasted forests – Ukraine counts cost of Putin’s ‘ecocide’
The woods outside Chernihiv were quiet in late August when Anatoliy Pavelko scrambled into a 10-metre bomb crater with a trowel and an icebox full…
View More Toxins in soil, blasted forests – Ukraine counts cost of Putin’s ‘ecocide’UK and US banks among biggest backers of Russian ‘carbon bombs’, data shows
US and UK financial institutions have been among the leading investors in Russian “carbon bomb” fossil fuel projects, according to a new database of holdings…
View More UK and US banks among biggest backers of Russian ‘carbon bombs’, data showsFalls in Europe’s crop yields due to heatwaves could worsen price rises
Yields of key crops in Europe will be sharply down this year owing to heatwaves and droughts, exacerbating the impacts of the Ukraine war on…
View More Falls in Europe’s crop yields due to heatwaves could worsen price rises